"Go For The Eyes" question

KMVRanger

KMVRanger

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2008

East Coast USA

Me/Mo

Will this affect minions and spirits as well? Which begs the underlying question: Can minions and spirits achieve critical hits?

Thanks.

malko050987

malko050987

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Arad, Romania

The Arctic Marauders [TAM] - now recruiting!

R/

It does affect minions. And yes they do have a chance to critical.

Edit: After reading the wiki critical hit article, it appears that you can get a critical hit with a wand, but the probability is REALLY low. I don't think spirits have physical attacks, but things such as anguish or pain might count as wand attacks, in which case they have a chance to get a critical hit. The Fury spirit too.

I have NO idea if spirits are affected by shouts, though.

Editedit: This is interesting: http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Spirit#Attack_Spirits

KMVRanger

KMVRanger

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2008

East Coast USA

Me/Mo

That makes sense. I had Masters set up as a Sabaway MM bomber and was spamming GFTE (54%) in Grand Court. Things went pretty well even with a few party members dying (Masters not included). I think the shout and the minions leveled the playing field.

I've had a paragon char for a while but rarely play her. I JUST read the "basics" thread and was impressed with the info I had never considered. I bought a ton of skills and created a build based on the suggested stuff.

I think I'm addicted. I also used Focused anger to allow constant casting of GFTE.

Thanks.

Draginvry

Draginvry

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2007

The Underground PvP Society (PVPS)

N/Mo

GFTE affects minions, and possibly spirits.

However, spirit skills don't work like normal attacks. Thus, they can't achieve critical hits. So it doesn't really matter if they get the shout or not.

Improvavel

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2007

And minions criticals arent as powerful as player ones.

DarkSpirit

DarkSpirit

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Redmond

Quote:
Originally Posted by Improvavel
And minions criticals arent as powerful as player ones. Even so, they are still generally higher than minions normal attacks.

deluxe

deluxe

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Monkeyball Z

S.K.A.T. [Ban]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by malko050987
Edit: After reading the wiki critical hit article, it appears that you can get a critical hit with a wand, I have a screenie of doing 43+17 (old seperate conjure) damage with a 15^50 wand :P

Shemsu Anpw

Shemsu Anpw

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2008

Sephirot - Keter

Tangent: I have seen TNTF affect minnons as well. Well at east seen the healing effect work on them. this wouls seem to make shouts even nicer all around.

Richardt

Richardt

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2007

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Since noone has said I'll say it:

Minions count as Allies for purposes of shouts/chant. Thus if the shout/chant says it affects allies, then it'll affect minions/NPCs/Pets/minipets (yes minipets count!). However, minions don't have attack skills-thus chants like Anthem of Weariness, while it affects minions, would really do nothing.

And Shemsu-that's wrong. TNtF affects party members, and heals said party members. Thus it would not affect minions as they're allies, not party members. The healing you're seeing must be coming from another source.

Richardt

Richardt

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2007

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Fall Back affects minions.

Chthon

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Apr 2007

I have no idea about spirits.

As for minions, they can achieve critical hits, but they are different from player crits.
A player crit gives you an automatic max roll for your weapon damage, plus -20 to your target's armor. A minion still gets the -20 to the target's armor, but they do not the automatic max roll for weapon damage.

Shemsu Anpw

Shemsu Anpw

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2008

Sephirot - Keter

Sorry about that I must have looked at them the same time they were healed as I the shout ending on myself(party). Thank you for the correction.

Luminarus

Luminarus

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2007

Sydney, Australia

Haze of Light [pure]

R/

Most spirit skills do a set amount of damage, I think they can critical, but it does nothing. Its like critting with d-shot, it still does 15 damage.